Record of Lodoss War: Haiiro no Majo

Moby ID: 58636

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Haiiro no Majo is one of the several different games set in the fictional Lodoss War universe created by Ryo Mizuno. The game's introductory plot loosely follows the events of the first novel, The Grey Witch, centering on the enigmatic character Karla and her influence on the world's politics. Several popular characters from the cycle (such as the dwarf Ghim whom the player can recruit early in the game) make an appearance as well.

Despite its Japanese origins and anime-style visual aesthetics, this incarnation of the series is a Western-style role-playing game in the tradition of Wizardry and Ultima games. Rather than following a linear story focused on a lead character, the player creates a party of characters and takes them on a journey through the world of Lodoss. A few NPCs can join the party as well. Character races include Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Halflings, while the classes comprise Warriors, Shamans, Priests, Scouts, and Knights. The player can manually distribute five bonus points among the character's six attributes: Strength, Intelligence, Agility, Endurance, Luck, and Personal Beauty.

After the party has been created the heroes find themselves in the starting town. All the towns have identical or similar location visuals (inns, temples, markets, etc.), and can only be navigated by selecting locations from a menu. Overworld navigation and battles are viewed from a top-down perspective; dungeons are done in pseudo-3D first-person view and require illuminated torches for exploration.

Battles occur either randomly or are triggered whenever the party enters a specific location. The player can opt to set combat on auto, the result calculated according to the participants' parameters. Manual fighting involves navigating characters on the battle field in round-based fashion, selecting physical attacks or magical spells when enemies are in their range.

Spellings

  • ロードス島戦記 灰色の魔女 - Japanese spelling

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Original Work (原作)
Original Character Design (オリジナルキャラクターデザイン)
Music & Music Effects (音楽&音楽効果)
  • Armadillo [アルマジロ]
Game Design (ゲームデザイン)
Program (プログラム)
Program Assistant (プログラム アシスタント)
Graphic Design (グラフィックデザイン)
Graphic Design Assistant (グラフィックデザイン アシスタント)
Monster Design (モンスターデザイン)
Package & Manual (パッケージ・マニュアル)
Special Thanks (スペシャル サンクス)
  • Group SNE [グループ SNE]
  • 吉田 隆 (Kadokawa Shoten) (吉田 隆 (株式会社 角川書店))
Production & Copyright (制作・著作)
  • Humming Bird Soft
"Record of Lodoss War" (「ロードス島戦記」) ©
  • Kadokawashoten
  • Hitoshi Yasuda (as H.YASUDA)
  • Group SNE
  • Humming Bird Soft

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Game added by Unicorn Lynx.

PC-88 added by Kayburt.

Game added November 12, 2012. Last modified February 14, 2024.